Out of the freezer, into the fire!

Saturday, September 12th, we headed for some sunshine and warm weather. The drive through Idaho was a nice drive, the drive through northern Utah, not so interesting. Actually the southern part of Utah was a very nice drive. One of the things we enjoy most about Utah is the “red rock’ formations. Instead of taking the Interstate all the way to Vegas and cut over ,we decided to take some state highways. On a positive note, taking these types of roads usually takes more time (which we have) and you get the opportunity to visit small towns dotted along them. On the negative side, when the roads were built I believe no one considered the fact of towing RV’s on them. I will admit after the first several miles I was asking myself if maybe the Interstate would have been a wiser choice. The first night we stayed at one of the famous WalMart Resorts. The next day took us into Arizona ( by far a totally different look than the mountains of Montana). We arrived in the Phoenix area later that day and decided to stop for the night, as we figured there were a few things we needed to pick up before our arrival at Augie’s Quail Trail RV Park.

Now for those of you who have done camping in your past years one pretty much knows what to expect when arriving at your destination. Since Cindy and I have never done any “desert camping” we were not quite sure what to expect. We both knew that it was going to be a total reverse of camping in Montana on the water. Lonesomehurst taught us things like looking over our shoulders for bears, making sure our food was not left out for “Yogi” , catching very nice size fish, knowing that on June 12th you can wake up and find 2 inches of snow on the ground, spotting Eagles, without much of an effort, as they fly over, those types of things we have learned to handle over the past 5 months. The last week we were at Lonesomehurst our water line froze, temps down to 26 degrees. Upon our arrival in the Phoenix area our thermometer showed around 105 degrees, ( yes I typed it right).

In leaving we would like to share with you something we have never experienced in all of our years camping. The first night at Augie’s we turned on the water heater to take showers. Cindy went first and when she finished she informed me that she did not need to use the hot water. I thought yeah right, well what she said was true. Never in my years of camping have I ever ( and I mean ever) been able to take a cold water only shower and enjoy the warmth of the “cold” water. But then again I guess when the temps outside hit 105+ degrees, and heats up the sand, I can understand why “cold water” in Arizona, actually is “warm enough for a shower”.